Overflow-pipe and soap-holder for wash-bowls



(No Model.)

J. BARRETT. OVERFLOW PIPE AND SOAP HOLDER FOR WASH BOWLS. No. 435,674.Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

FEl- P3 WITNESSES: INVEIN'T'EIR:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES BARRETT, ()F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

OVERFLOW-PIPE AND SOAP-HOLDER FOR WASH-BOWLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,674, datedSeptember 2, 1890.

Application filed January 11, 1890. Serial No. 336,608. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMEs BARRETT, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Overflow-Pipes and Soap-Holders for VaslrBowls', ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an article of plumbershardware which shall comprise in one article a soap cup or recep tacle,an overflow or stand pipe, and an outlet-fittin g, all adapted to beapplied to a washbowl simultaneously, the soap-cup being so arrangedthat the drippings from wet soap placed in the cup shall escape throughthe waste-outlet of the bowl, so that there will be no accumulation ofwater under, in, or about the soap-cup.

The invention consists in a combined outlet and soap-holder composed ofan outletfitting adapted for attachment to the bottom of a bowl,- astand or overflow pipe pivotally connected to said outletfitting andformed at its lower end to fit a seat in said fitting, a ring attachedto the upper end of said pipe and provided with upwardly-extending armswhich are separated by openings through Which Water may enter the upperend of the pipe, and a soap-cup attached to the upper ends of said armsabove the openings and provided with an inwardly-projecting flange atits upper edge, whereby the soap in said cup is prevented from beingdisplaced by the tipping movements of the pipe on its pivot.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification,Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a combinedoutlet and soap-cu p embodying my invent-ion, and Fig. 2 represents atop view of the same.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in both of thefigures.

In the drawings, a represents an overflow or stand pipe, the lower endof which is formed as avalve to fit a seat formed in the waste or outletfitting b, the latter being adapted for being secured to a bowl orbath-tub in the usual or any suitable manner. The standpipe isremovable, to permit the escape of the contents of the bowl through thefitting b, and is in this case pivoted at c to cars (1, formed on theoutlet fitting I), so that the valve may be opened by tipping thestand-pipe to one side. The stand-pipe is provided with a projecting luge, which strikes the flange onthe fitting b and limits the tippingmotion of the pipe.

f represents the soap-cup, which is secured to the upper end of thestand-pipe a by legs or arms j", which support the cup above the upperend of the stand-pipe, the spaces between said arms constitutingopenings for the passage of water into the stand-pipe from the bowl whenthe water rises in the bowl above the top of the stand-pipe. The bottomof the cup f is provided with numerous perforations g, which arearranged over the upper end of the stand-pipe, so that any water thatpasses through them will fall into the stand-pipe and pass from the bowlthrough the Waste-fitting b. It will be seen that by this arrangementthe uneleanly accumulations of soapy water, which are so often found insoap-cups, are entirely prevented and the cup is kept in a comparativelydry and neat condition.

The cup may be of any suitable form and material. I prefer to make it ofmetal for the sake of durability. I also prefer to provide aninwardly-projecting bead or flange f on the upper edge of the cup toprevent the soap from being thrown out of the cup by the tippingmovement of the stand-pipe when the latter is moved to permit thedischarge of the contents of the bowl.

The soap-cup may be attached to the standpipe by any suitable means. Ihave here shown as the attaching means an internallythreaded ring j,formed upon the lower ends of the arms f, and adapted to be screwed uponthe upper end of the pipe a, the latter being internally screw-threaded.

. I claim- As an improved article of manufacture, the combined outletand soap-holder composed of the outlet-fitting l), adapted forattachment to the bottom of a bowl, the stand or overflow pipea,pivotally connected at c to said outlet fitting and formed at itslower end to fit a seat in said fitting, the ring j, attached to theupper end of said pipe and provided with upwardly-extending arms f whichare separated by openings through which water may enter the upper end ofthe pipe, and the soap-cup attached to the Upper ends of said arms abovethe openings and provided with an inwardlyprojecting flange f at itsupper edge, Whereby the soap in said cup is prevented from be- 5 ingdisplaced by the tipping movements of the pipe at on its pivot, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 4th day of January, A. D.1889.

JAMES BARRETT. \Vitnesses:

O. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRIsON.

